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10 Tips for the Traveling Pet Owner (Deal of the Day)


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Published July 14, 2009 at 11:00 p.m.
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Travel has gone to the dogs ... Whether the recession has steered vacationers to less exotic locations or simply strengthened their bonds to their pets, fewer people are leaving their animals at home ... Over the past three years, 14% of Americans have traveled with a pet, according to the U.S. Travel Association, a trade group that monitors travel trends ... In the air, demand for the few airline spots has grown so high that a new pets-only airline called Pet Airways, began service Tuesday to

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Charles Schwab's Big Chance


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Published July 14, 2009 at 11:00 p.m.
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CHUCK SCHWAB WANTS to profit from Wall Street's misery ... Taking advantage of the turmoil and confusion at many remaining brokerage firms, not to mention the anger of their clients, his firm is cutting prices, reducing minimum investments, and rolling out new products aimed squarely at luring customers—for what he believes will be a radically different investment environment over the next few years. It's also putting more resources behind some of its proprietary mutual funds ... Schwab,

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The World's Greatest Investors: Bill Gross (Magazine Cover)


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Published July 13, 2009 at 11:00 p.m.
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Editor’s note: Even as stocks come crawling back from the abyss, big name money managers are still going to have a hard time regaining investors’ trust – even if they deserve it. In this special report, SmartMoney spoke with four of the world’s greatest investors to see how they managed to minimize investors’ losses during the worst of the downturn and how they’re making money now ... Bill Gross ... Co–Chief Investment Officer, Pimco ... For Bill Gross, all the world’s a gloomy

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The World's Greatest Investors: Anne Gudefin (Magazine Cover)


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Published July 13, 2009 at 11:00 p.m.
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Editor’s note: Even as stocks come crawling back from the abyss, big name money managers are still going to have a hard time regaining investors’ trust – even if they deserve it. In this special report, SmartMoney spoke with four of the world’s greatest investors to see how they managed to minimize investors’ losses during the worst of the downturn and how they’re making money now ... Anne Gudefin ... Manager, Mutual Global Discovery ... Columbia University finance professor Bruce

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What the World's Greatest Investors Are Saying Now: An Overview (Magazine Cover)


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Published July 13, 2009 at 11:00 p.m.
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Editor’s note: Even as stocks come crawling back from the abyss, big name money managers are still going to have a hard time regaining investors’ trust – even if they deserve it. In this special report, SmartMoney spoke with four of the world’s greatest investors to see how they managed to minimize investors’ losses during the worst of the downturn and how they’re making money now ... With stocks crawling Back from last winter’s abyss, and a reforming White House trying to restore

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The World's Greatest Investors: Rodriguez (Magazine Cover)


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Published July 13, 2009 at 11:00 p.m.
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Editor’s note: Even as stocks come crawling back from the abyss, big name money managers are still going to have a hard time regaining investors’ trust – even if they deserve it. In this special report, SmartMoney spoke with four of the world’s greatest investors to see how they managed to minimize investors’ losses during the worst of the downturn and how they’re making money now ... Robert Rodriguez ... CEO, First Pacific Advisors ... Irrepressible on a spring morning in his Los

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10 High-Yielding Muni Bonds (On the Street)


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Published July 13, 2009 at 11:00 p.m.
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These municipal bonds have unwieldy names, but they all were available to the public recently, offer excellent after-tax yields for in-state residents and are rated AA or better ... Arizona ... Glendale Arizona Western Loop Third, Series C ... CUSIP # 378343BB2 ... After-Tax Yield*: 8.7 percent ... Maturity Date: July 1, 2017 ... Comment : These bonds, issued last October, were sold to help build baseball spring training facilities ... * Assuming in-state resident in the 35% federal tax bracket.

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How to Buy A Muni Bond: 5 Key Steps


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Published July 12, 2009 at 11:00 p.m.
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Go longer ... These days, experts say, the yields on longer-dated bonds are more attractive than they are on shorter-term bonds that mature in less than seven years. Investors who hold the bonds until they mature will get all their principal back-and they won't have to worry about rising interest rates temporarily hurting the value of the bond ... Balance risk and reward ... In these nervous times, concerns about the safety of bonds has raised demand for the highest-rated muni debt (a rated

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8% Returns: The Bond Deals You're Missing


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Published July 12, 2009 at 11:00 p.m.
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IN THE WORLD OF INVESTING, they went from being a positively boring option to an almost sexy one in a matter of weeks. Municipal bonds, those securities your mom and dad would own and lecture you to buy, toiled in obscurity for decades until the crash made them an almost exciting option for anyone looking for a safe haven. And they remain attractive in today's more encouraging, if still shaky, investment climate as a low-risk product people can own while they're slowly getting back into stocks

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CIT Group shares dive as government aid uncertain (AP)


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Published July 10, 2009 at 8:20 p.m.

Shares of commercial lender CIT Group Inc. plunged Friday as uncertainty mounts over whether it can get federal backing for its bonds ...

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